(security). Suretyship in the older sense of pledge was regulated by the Mosaic law (Gen. 44:32; Ex. 22:25-26; Deut. 24:6-17). When Solomon opened Palestine to commerce, suretyship took the forms of general law and trade (Prov. 6:1; 11:15; 17:18; 20:16; 22:26). [LOANS.] [PLEDGE.]